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9/11 Changed How Doctors Treat PTSD | Innovation
Before September 11, 2001, many people thought of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)—if they thought of them at all—as…
The Forgotten French Scientist Who Courted Thomas Jefferson—and Got Pulled Into Scandal | History
In December 1792, a 46-year-old French botanist named André Michaux arrived in Philadelphia to visit with some of the city’s most…
Why Did James Smithson Leave His Fortune to the U.S. and More Questions From Our Readers | At the…
Q: Why did James Smithson leave his fortune to the United States and not to institutions in his native England?—Helen Scott | New York…
Women Resistance Fighters of WWII, the Secret Lives of Ants and Other New Books to Read | History
When Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, sparking the starting of World War II, the leaders of a Warsaw-based chapter of the…
First Vial Used in U.S. Covid-19 Vaccinations Joins the Smithsonian Collections | At the Smithsonian
When the nation’s first FDA-approved Covid-19 vaccine was injected into the arm of intensive care nurse Sandra Lindsay on December 14…
Anthony Fauci Donates His 3-D SARS-CoV-2 Model to the Smithsonian | At the Smithsonian
Tony Fauci beams like a schoolboy who has simply earned straight As as he holds up the medal draped round his neck, professing that…
America’s Original Gangster Couple, Trailblazing Women Explorers and Other New Books to Read |…
At the peak of the Roaring Twenties, the Whittemore Gang focused banks and jewellery shops throughout the East Coast, stealing upward…
Smithsonian Scholars Pick Their Favorite Books of 2020 | At the Smithsonian
The profound challenges of this past year have brokered an equally profound moment for the Smithsonian Institution to bring its…